Montlake Romance is an imprint for the romance genre 'Romance is one of our biggest and fastest growing categories, particularly among Kindle customers,' said Jeff Belle, vice president of Amazon Publishing. In May 2011, Amazon launched two genre-focused imprints, Montlake Romance, and Thomas & Mercer. The first translated books were the French-language novel The King of Kahel and the German-language novel The Hangman's Daughter which were released in November and December 2010, respectively. ĪmazonCrossing was announced in May 2010, for translated works into English. Konrath, The Grove by John Rector and A Scattered Life by Karen McQuestion. Other early books published by AmazonEncore include Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese, Shaken by J.A. The first book published under this imprint was Cayla Kluver's Legacy in August 2009. It publishes titles that have gone out-of-print or self-published books with sales potential. In May 2009, Amazon launched AmazonEncore, the inaugural flagship general imprint. Īmazon publishes e-books via its Kindle Direct Publishing subsidiary. It is composed of 15 imprints including AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing, Montlake Romance, Thomas & Mercer, 47North, and TOPPLE Books. For the artwork in Copenhagen, see Two Lions (sculpture).Īmazon Encore, Amazon Crossing, Montlake Romance, Lake Union, Thomas & Mercer, 47North, Topple BooksĪmazon Publishing (simply APub) is Amazon's book publishing unit launched in 2009.

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